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METAL ROOFING PLATE. No. 468,126. Patented Feb. 2, 1892.

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No. 468,126. Patented Feb. 2, 1892.

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CARL FRIEDRICH BELTTINO, OF GUPPINGEN, GERMANY.

METAL ROOFING' PLATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 468,126, dated February 2, 1892.

Application filed November 6, 1890- Serial No. 370,570- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that CARL FRIEDRICH BEL- LINO, manufacturer, a subject of the King of 'Wiirtemberg, residing at Goppingen, in said Empire,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metal Roofing-Plates, of which I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in metal roofing-plates; and it consists of certain parts and combinations thereof hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a top plan view of my improved roofing-plate. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view. Fig. is a transverse section on line y 3/ of Fig. 1. Fig. 4. is a similar section on linezz of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 isa longitudinal section following line of Fig. 1. Fig. (5 is the same section of a roofing-plate fastened to the roof-lath. Fig. 7 is a bottom plan view of Fig.

b. Fig. 8 is an end view of a number of plates nested for shipment. Fig. i) is a view showing the position of the nested plates with relation to each other at the point marked .2, Fig.2. Fig. 10 shows in perspective and section part of a roof having my improved root'- ing-plates in position. Fig. 11 is a bottom view of Fig. 10. Fig. 12 is a top view of Fig. 10 with the roofing-plates of equal size arranged end to end. Fig. 13 is a top View with the roofi ng-plates arranged with the longitudinal edges of the plates of one row above the centers of the plates of the next lower row.

The new roofing-plate consists of a peculiarly-shaped metal plate A, on whose under side one or more tin blades B, made of an easybending material, are soldered or secured in other manner in a suitable position.

Myimproved roofing-plates are provided at theirupper ends with an upbend a and at their lower ends with a downbend I). The longitudinal or side edges of my roofing-plates have a half-round bead c running-the entire length, and at the center with a vaulted middle piece e, of lozenge or other preferred shape, the ends or beads (Z of which extend through the end bends-o. and b. The surface 1'" between the heads 0 and center 6 are also vaulted or arched upward to give the metal roofing-plate a greater bearing or supporting capacity,

which has not heretofore been obtained by the thickness of tin used.

Fig. 10 shows a section of the rooting-plate at g. The straight blade or strap of tin B is laid around the roof-lath O at h. The upward and down bends aand b are shown at i. The downbends Z) at the lower end of the plate lie at i, on and over the npbends a, and are then,in pulling the straight tin blade or fasteningstrap B and byturning it around the roof-lath O, pressed closelyand tight on one another. As the tin blade is soldered on pretty far back at In, and therefore partlylies on the roof-lath C under plate A, no direct pressure can be exercised in bending the strap over the lath on the fastening non-oxidizablc rivet, as the pressure comes on the upper edge of the rooflath, so that the tin blade B cannot be torn off when tightening the roofing-plate.

The new roofing-plates can, in consequence of their construction and shape,be laid down lengthwise, as in Fig. 12, or they can be overlaid, as in Fig. 13. To change and uncover the roofing-plates, the turned-over tin blades B of the roofing-plates A are bent straight again, and this can, if required, be done repeatedly, as the blades are made of a suitable material of suiiicient toughness so that tearing out of the fastening-rivet or tearing oif of the tin blade is avoided. Through this new way of fastening the new roofing-plate the same can be laid down positively weathertight lengthwise, or can be overlaid on uncqually-thick lat-11s and on possibly uneven lath-work, which happens frequently.

The laying of these plates is greatly facilitated by the bends at the ends of the new rooting-plate, which practically serve as gages for the horizontal alignment of the plates.

In covering with these roofing'platcs it is immaterial whether the roof-laths are made of wood or of iron, whether they are equal in breadth and thickness, or, as is often the case, whether they differ. The form of the crosssection of the roof-laths has no influence, forv the roofing-plate is tight as soon as the fast ening-strap has been fitted by simple pressure to the lath thickness, breadth, or other shape.

To avoid a rusting through or a deposit of rust between the roofing-plate and the fast- ICO ening, (to which principal point 110 one has until now paid sufficient attention,) the straight tin blades, being perforated to be riveted, and the perforated roofing-plates are provided with a rust-proof coating, andxthen both are advantageously riveted with copper rivets, making them Weather-tight and rustproof.

It is clear that by means of the described roofingplates an in-every-point exemplary weather-tight and also fire-proof root can be constructed, as the material and form of the roof-laths may be chosen, as desired.

I claim- 1. The herein-described roofing-plate, havin g opposite bends at opposite ends and heads at the edges extending the entire length of the plate and at the center provided with a vaulted middle piece having beaded ends, substantially as described. I

2. The herein-described roofing-plate, havopposite bends at opposite ends and beads at the edges extending the entire length of the plate and at the center provided with a vaulted middle piece having beaded ends extending through the end heads. 

